Almost got LinkSys PCI Card working, but...

[kgleason at ma.ultranet.com (Kevin M. Gleason)]

I don't know what I did differently (maybe it was changing the order of parameters
on that alias line) but I'm working. Thanks all for your help...

PS. (Installed a second card and it recognized tulip instantly.)

Derek Atkins wrote:

> "Kevin M. Gleason" <kgleason at ma.ultranet.com> writes:
>
> > I did put them in /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/net (uname -r produced
> > 2.2.14-5.0). Is there somewhere else I that I need to notify linux
> > to look at startup? (I don't understand startup on this linux box)
>
> You only need to put the new modules there; that should be all you
> need to do.  I'm not convinced you need your "alias" line in
> /etc/conf.modules.  Also, does /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
> have ONBOOT=yes?
>
> -derek
>
> > Derek Atkins wrote:
> >
> > > "Kevin M. Gleason" <kgleason at ma.ultranet.com> writes:
> > >
> > > > -  I could not find /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0BOOT/net or smp/net to copy new
> > > > modules over to (did copy them to /net correctly).
> > >
> > > Um, you _probably_ want them in /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/net..  What
> > > does 'uname -r' give you?
> > >
> > > > - Could not find /etc/rc.modules file in RedHat Ver 6.2 (did they
> > > > consolidate this into another file)?
> > >
> > > No such file.
> > >
> > > > - added line to the /etc/conf.modules
> > > >         alias eth0 tulip (THIS LINE WAS THERE ALREADY)
> > > >         options tulip irq=11 options=0 debug=1 (added options and debug)
> > > >
> > > > BOTTOM LINE when I rebooted, card was no longer recognized...ifup was no
> > > > longer recognizing eth0. Any suggestions?
> > >
> > > Probably because the module wasn't in the right place.
> > >
> > > -derek
> > >
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